Corset, girdle, and like garment



July 16, 1935.

F. BATKY CORSET, GIRDLE AND LIKE GARMENT Filed Jan. 5, 1953 VENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented July 16,1935

CORSET, GIRDLE,TAND LIKE GARMENT- Frank Batky, Newlork, N. Y., assignor to Gari ie 1 'Berg, Henry Berg, Herbert Frankel, 'Maurice'J. a FrankeL'and Joseph C. Frankel, allfof'New York, Nqy copar tners doing business as The Franco Corset Company, New York, N. Y.

Application J anuary' 5,

\ 3 Claims;

My invention relates to boning for corsets and the like. a

Heretofore many corsetsand like garments have been stayed by means of so called strip 5 boning, in which the stay of whalebone or equivalent material is backed on. both sides by fabric and the fabric stitched to the garment closely adjacent to and alongeach edgeof the.' stay. When the boning is on the inside of the garment, as it usually is in corsets, the stitches securing the boning thereto extend through the 'bodyof the garment and are visible at the outside. In corsets and like garments, where the figures of the wearers vary greatly, it is often desirable to shorten one or more of the stays or to substitute a longer stay. With the boning of the teration suggested when the boning is rigidly secured at both edges. 7

My invention obviates many of the difficulties heretofore encountered in connection with boning of the prior art, and it is therefore the general object of the invention to provide an improved boning for corsets and the like.

It is a more specific object to provide boning for corsets and the like in connection with which alterations may be very readily made, and without marring the origin-a1 appearance of the garment.

It is another object to provide boning for a garment in which the securing stitches for the boning may be placed practically where desired,

' .lustrative drawing.

Briefly stated, in a preferred form of the invention I provide a pocket for the bone or stay, which is secured to the body of the garment, a portion being left free of the body to facilitate alterations. The boning, that is, what may be termed the stay or bone pocket, may be secured to the body at a point practically as remote as desired from the stay, so that the securing stitches ases" ii- 656 5 (Cl; 2- -36) I may not appearwherethey would mar the appearance of thegarment. i-jIn the drawing which. shows, for illustrative purPO eS only, apreferred form of the invention, illustrated asastep-in corset- Fig. 1 is-an outside. view of the garment-applied to the body of -awearer, parts being broken away to illustratefeatures of the invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary inside view of a, portion of thegarment shown in Figwl and. illustrating featm'eswof the invention;

'. Fig di-sfan enlarged sectional view, taken. sub- ,stantially,ingtheplane of the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. In the form shown I represents a portion of fabric or panel forming a part of the body of the garment, to which a second panel 2 is stitched, as indicated at 3. The panels (-2 may be suitably bound at the top and bottom, as indicated at 4-5.

Heretofore, in such garments the fabric portions l-2 would be stitched together with both edges terminating substantially at the line of stitching. In a garment as constructed by me and shown in the accompanying drawing, the fabric of the panel I of the garment is extended at the inner side of the panel 2 beyond the edge of the latter panel so as to overlap and normally lie flatwise against the inside of said panel, being stitched thereto along the line 3. At the free edge of the overlapping portion of the panel I, I provide a pocket for the bone or stay. Such pocket is preferably formed by a strip or fabric I, stitched to the portion I along spaced lines 6-4, as shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 3. The stay 8 of whalebone or equivalent material is held in the stay pocket and, if desired, the upper and lower ends of the pocket may be bound into the upper and lower edges of the garment at a point remote from the stitch line 3 by the stitching 4-5. If only a short stay, such as B, is required or'if a longer stay is shortened to suit a particular wearer, the stay may be positioned longitudinally in the pocket by means of cross stitching, as indicated at 9. It will be seen particularly in Fig. 3, that the stay pocketnormally lies perfectly flat back of panel 2 and is free of the body of the garment.

If it is desired to shorten a stay or substitute a longer one, the stay pocket may be lifted away I have illustrated the flap or fabric portionse curing the boning to the main body of the garment as being formed of an integral portion of the body of the garment, but it is to beunderstood that my improved boning or the pockets for'the.

bone together with a securingiiap corresponding to I could be separately made as units to be stitched to the body of a garment It is to be understood that my improved boning is not limited to corsets but is applicable to various other garments, such as girdles, surgical belts and the like, and the principles of the invention are also applicable to the mo re delicate feather boning for lingerieand the like. In fact, my improved boning may be used in place of most, if not all, of the boning heretofore in use. I

While the invention has been described-in considerable detail it is to be understood thatvarious changes may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

I claim: y

1. In a garment of the character described, an outside fabric panel, a second fabric panel overlapping the inside of the first panel, the edge of the first panel being secured by stitches flatwise to the second panel on a line remote from the edge of the overlapping portion of the latter, a stay pocket at the edge of the overlapping portion of the second panel formed by stitches other than those which secure said panels together, the overlapping portion and the stay pocket normally resting iflatwise against the inside of the first panel.

., ,2. In a garment of the character described, an outside fabric panel, a second fabric panel overlapping the inside of the first panel, the edge of the first panel being secured by stitches fiatwise to the second panel on a line remote from the edge of the overlappingportion of the latter, a stay pocket at the edge of the overlapping portion of the second panel formed by stitches other than .those which secure said panels together, the

overlapping portion and the stay pocket normally resting flatwise against the inside of the first panel, with stitches securing the ends only of said stay pockets to the outside panel.

3. In a garment of the character described, an

outs ide fabric panel, an inside fabric panel lying flatwise against the inside of said outside :fabrie'panel and stitched thereto by a line of stitching remote from the free edge of said in- FRANK BATKY. 

